Testing, Testing, 123

Testing, testing, 123

Ig my art posts aren't showing up anywhere other than on my actual blog so... that's neat. Just wanna see if this will actually show up anywhere of if it's all of my posts.

Thanks for the tag @traceyc-uk! Never done one of these before either but, heck yeah, I'll give it go:

Last song? - The save room theme from Resident Evil 4 lol. It's nice to listen to while I'm drawing or writing.

Favorite color? Blue or green, depending on the day.

Currently watching? The Walking Dead. I told my dad I had never seen the whole thing before so now we're watching the entirety of it together. Why are some people so dumb during the apocalypse tho?

Last Movie? Alien, since the new one is coming out. Classic.

Sweet/Spicy/Savory? Savory. Love me some meat, guys.

Relationship status? Non-existent. I an a hermit lol.

Current obsessions? All of the fanfics and oc ideas I am simultaneously working on (I got Hogwarts Legacy, Voltron, a really old Red Hood on, and probably more in the depths of my writing folder). I have a serious problem.

Last thing you Googled? ... 'What happens to the human body when it's electrocuted?' ... I'm not a psycho, I swear-

K I'm gonna do my best to tag people who haven't been tagged yet, but if I goof, just know it's because I like your art lol

@rednite-dork, @lamieboo, @adelikashere, @gce-hiiragimare, @kemiichi

tag nine people you want to get to know better!

thank you @myokk you're the sweetest ❤️ I've never done one of these before but I'll give it a try:

LAST SONG? - Challa by Rabbi Shergill (lately I just feel like having Bollywood songs playing in the background while cooking)

FAVORITE COLOR? - I like warm and earthy tones but also dark Greens and Blues

CURRENTLY WATCHING? - The 8 Show (which is absolutely fantastic and I highly recommend it)

LAST MOVIE? - Smile (which I was a bit sceptical about based on the trailers but it's actually really good)

SWEET/SPICY/SAVORY? - Sweet! Cakes and stuff, but there's also a lot of sweet main dishes in Germany and I like those a lot

RELATIONSHIP STATUS? - taken, but I like to keep my private life private

CURRENT OBSESSIONS? - my Ominis fic, and also all the fantastic Sebinis art and fics I've found the last couple of weeks

LAST THING YOU GOOGLED? - "my apologies" because I wanted to make sure that really is a polite/formal way of saying "I'm sorry" and that I haven't been using it wrong the whole time

tagging (not sure who'd be into this and if you're not, just ignore this): @sparxyv, @ps-cactus, @pr0serpinas, @huffleflufflefly, @rypnami, @alibasnur, @ravenwind-75

(I know that's not nine so whoever else wants to do this, feel yourself tagged❤️)

Good luck, all you lovely people

Remember everyone: All you have to do to get a guy is kick his ass in a fight and then endlessly tease him about it. It's science.

I made this 3 AM.

Off topic but have you ever looked at a picture and just known that there was something wrong with the person in it? I feel that every time I see a picture of Casey Anthony. Even before I knew what she had done (warning for anyone wanting to look it up, it's awful), just seeing a photo of her makes my skin crawl. Literally reaffirmed by belief in human souls from seeing someone without one.

Hogwarts Legacy Weird Headcanons (Pt. 1)

If you guys like learning about the 1890s, which I'm assuming some if not all of you do because of our beloved interactive electronic experience, turn your attention to this very interesting info I found:

Self-defense classes were advertised in the 1890s to women due to recurring attacks on them from criminals (which also happened to be increasing in numbers at the same time. Fantastic.). These classes gained popularity in the 1900s and continued on from there.

One such class instructed women on how to maim, disable or even kill a two-legged brute with an umbrella.

"With the modern umbrella, which is not a slender wooden stick, but a wire rod, as deadly almost as a rapier, the girl who must rely upon her own arm to protect herself from attack in the street is armed with a weapon, the terrible nature of which few realize. But she must learn how to use it skillfully and quickly so as to put a quietus at once upon her opponent’s dream of easy conquest.

The classes at the physical culture establishment referred to are especially organized to make women competent to kill if necessary the man who attacks her while she is armed with an umbrella.

There is, it seems, such a thing as a solar plexus blow with an umbrella that will place the strongest man hors de combat. But the most deadly blow of all is one delivered at the neck of an opponent, driving the sharp steel ferrule straight for the spot an inch or so below the Adam’s apple.

The umbrella should be held in both hands and driven forward with the full weight of the body following it. If the blow lands on the right spot, that is on the neck, past below the apple, it is very likely to make the party attacked a subject for the morgue. The umbrella could be driven right into his neck with the force exerted by even a delicate girl if her weight follows the blow.

The girls who attend this new self-defense class are taught to jab at the eyes of a man who attacks them. All is fair in a case of this kind, for the man who attacks an unprotected woman in the street is deserving of no pity. The girls are also taught to defend themselves against the attacks of two men who come at them simultaneously, stabbing at the face or neck of the nearest and giving the other a back handled blow with the butt. Apart from the usefulness of teaching a girl how to take care of herself if attacked, it may be said that the students derive great benefit from the exercise they go through in the daily drill."

So, if any of your fine OCs are feeling pressed, perhaps have them consider taking up the umbrella.

Pretty neat stuff.

Sources, if you want to read more:

geriwalton.com

The Umbrella as a Weapon in the 1800s - geriwalton.com

After umbrellas become common place, several men decided to write articles about the umbrella as a weapon. Some were tongue-in-cheek and oth